geographynoun [ U ]
uk/dʒiˈɒɡ.rə.fi/us/dʒiˈɑː.ɡrə.fi/A2 the study of the systems and processes involved in the world's weather, mountains, seas, lakes, etc. and of the ways in which countries and people organize life within an area
See also
physical geography
the geography of somewhere
the way all the parts of an area are arranged within it:
the geography of Australia
It's impossible to figure out the geography of this hospital.
More examples
- a geography field trip
- My favourite subjects at school were history and geography.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Geography - general words
- geo-targeted
- geographer
- geographical
- geopolitics
- human geography
- hydrology
- lie
- physical geography
- political geography
- Silicon Valley
- the lie of the land idiom
- topography
- weathering